UNIT SEVEN
The story of Robert skiing with Isabel introduces grammar concepts like using "while" with past tenses and understanding the present perfect tense. Dive into examples and explanations to enhance your understanding of these verb forms.
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UNIT SEVEN P.61
STORY Robert was skiing down a mountain with a tall, beautiful American girl. Her name was Isabel and he had met her only the day before. Isabel was a very good skier. The ski run twisted and turned but she went round all the curves very fast. Robert tried to do the same. Suddenly, he fell. He felt a sharp pain in his ankle while he was lying in the snow. Isabel came back. Another skier, a handsome young man, stopped as well. The two of them helped Robert to get back to the hotel. There was a doctor there. The doctor was a Scotsman. He was married to a Swiss girl. That was why he was working in Switzerland.
hmmm, he said when he saw Roberts ankle, and shook his head. I haven t broken it, have I ? Robert asked hopefully. no, but you ve twisted it badly. you mean, I ve sprained it ? yes, I m afraid so. And it s badly bruised and swollen, the doctor answered, pointing to the dark blue marks on Robert s ankle, which was now getting bigger. Robert lay back with a groan. No more skiing for him! Just then he heard Isabel laughing on the terrace. He could see her. She was smiling at the young man.
1. Important grammar notes taken from the story: While shows us that something happens at the same time something else is happening. EXAMPLES: I fell asleep while I was watching television. (= 'I fell asleep in the middle of watching television.') It didn't rain at all while we were on holiday. (= 'It didn't rain during our holiday.')
We use while with the past simple and past continuous tenses to show longer actions which are interrupted: It started raining while I was waiting for the bus. (past continuous) Suddenly, he fell. He felt a sharp pain in his ankle while he was lying in the snow.
2. The Present Perfect The present perfect tense refers to an action or state that either occurred at an indefinite time in the past (e.g., we have talked before) or began in the past and continued to the present time (e.g., he has grown impatient over the last hour). This tense is formed by have/has + the past participle.
The construction of this verb tense is straightforward. The first element is have or has, depending on the subject the verb is conjugated with. The second element is the past participle of the verb, which is usually formed by adding -ed or - d to the verb s root (e.g., walked, cleaned, typed, perambulated, jumped, laughed, saut ed) although English does have quite a few verbs that have irregular past participles (e.g., done, said, gone, known, won, thought, felt, eaten).
Example: I haven t broken it, have I ? Robert asked hopefully. no, but you ve twisted it badly. you mean, I ve sprained it ? EXERCISES: 1. When you twist your ankle badly, you . a. break b. cut c. pain d. sprain 2. the marks on Robert s ankle were a. bruises b. cuts c. sprains d. breaks
3. the ankle was swollen. It was a. bleeding b. broken c. getting bigger 4. when people groan. They are usually . a. angry b. excited c. unhappy
4b. Combine these pairs using while: 1. he was skiing. He had an accident. While he was skiing, He had an accident. 2. he was lying there. He saw her. While he was lying there, He saw her. 3. it was raining. He went out. He went out While it was raining. THE END GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU
